On 2007-04-16, Tyler Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2007-04-15, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I encountered the same problem and I solved it adding \]\n[\ in my PS1.
>>
>> my PS1:
>>
>> PS1="${magenta}[\[$TIME\] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> \[${BLUE}\]\#\[$NC\]]\w\$ "
>>
>> hth.
>
>
> That's interesting. If I put the \n at the end of my prompt it works
> right. If I put it at the beginning or in the middle I get the same
> problem - the first line wraps at 66 characters, and overwrites the
> line rather than spilling onto the next line. I've discovered that the
> second and presumably all subsequent lines wrap correctly at 80
> characters and spill onto the following line, rather than overwriting
> the current line.
>Ok, I found a website that explained what I was doing wrong: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tip-prompt/ It wasn't the addition of the battery time output from acpi, it was the addition of some escaped colour codes that weren't properly nested in \[ \]. My defective prompt was (split onto two lines for clarity): '\033[01;31m\]$(bt)\033[00m\]|\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[00m\]: \[\033[01;34m\]\W\[\033[00m\]-> ' My corrected prompt is: '\[\033[01;31m\]$(bt)\[\033[00m\]|\[\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[00m\]: ^^ ^^ ^^ \[\033[01;34m\]\W\[\033[00m\]-> ' Maybe that will save someone some trouble in the future. Cheers, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
